Description
We’re SmartThings, one of the leading IoT ecosystems in the world, creating the most effortless way for anyone to create a smart home. As an independent subsidiary of Samsung, our corporate offices are based in Minneapolis, the Bay Area, and remote home offices throughout the US.
More than 270 million people worldwide use SmartThings to control and manage their connected life. SmartThings delivers simple, powerful experiences across Samsung’s leading portfolio of phones, TVs, and appliances. We offer the most versatile smart home experience as an open platform with a rich partner ecosystem. As a founding member of Matter, we are a leader in the industry to help make smart homes more secure, reliable and seamless to use.
SmartThings’ culture is built around our core values, offering singular opportunities to make a real, immediate impact in every role. With our focus on trusted ownership, connected leadership, and radical empathy, we embrace inclusive practices and celebrate everyone’s uniqueness on our team.
Like the smartphone revolution, smart home technology is transforming the way we interact with the world around us. With SmartThings products, we’re reducing global emissions, improving service industries, and creating a safer, smarter planet. Come be a part of the transformation with us! Do the SmartThings!
About The Team
You’ll be part of the SmartThings Edge Protocols team, responsible for integrating smart home and networking protocols into the SmartThings ecosystem as well as designing and building innovative features for smart homes. The team’s current focus areas include adopting, developing, and supporting Matter within the SmartThings Hub Platform. With the momentum behind Matter after its recent launch, this is an exciting and unique opportunity to get involved and help shape the future of not only SmartThings, but the smart home industry as a whole.
As a team member, you’ll be involved in the full software development lifecycle from proof-of-concept to shipping products on a project of enormous scale and potential. The majority of the development work will be application and test code in Rust with additional opportunities to work on frameworks that span cloud and mobile. You’ll also debug and fix issues discovered internally and reported by external beta testers, partners and regular users.
Key Responsibilities
We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer who’ll be responsible for the development of software for the adoption and integration of smart home networking protocols like Matter for the SmartThings Hub platform. In this role, you will:
- Design and develop high-quality software, primarily in Rust
- Serve as a technical leader on projects, often working closely with Cloud and Mobile teams to solve challenging problems and develop exciting new features
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior developers
- Lead technical discussions with key stakeholders (engineering, product, etc.)
- Participate in cross-functional design discussions and code reviews
- Collaborate with partners on new features to improve user experience
This is a great opportunity to get involved with a brand new protocol like Matter in the exciting smart home industry while working alongside a group of highly talented and quality-focused engineers.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
What You Bring On Day One (Required Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering or similar experience
- 8+ years of experience in a software development role
- Experience using Rust, C/C++ and/or other Object Oriented programming languages
- Mastery of various software design patterns and their applications
- Desire to collaborate with and mentor junior developers
- Experience with and/or willingness to learn additional languages such as Lua
- Working knowledge of source control (preferably git and GitHub/GitLab)
- Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to work well in a diverse, team-focused environment
Desired Skills
- Passionate about gadgets, IoT, and smart devices
- Experience with modern IP networking
- Experience working with communication protocols and networking technologies such as Matter, WiFi, Thread, Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee, Z-Wave
- Excellence at writing software in Rust
- Familiarity with an embedded Linux Environment
- Experience working with external partners and vendors to deliver customer-facing products
SmartThings Benefits
Why You’ll Love Working at SmartThings
- You’ll receive a competitive compensation package and comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision, HSA with employer contribution, life & disability insurance, a competitive 401(k) with a 5% employer match, and more)
- You’ll have access to generous paid leave for parents, including 8 weeks Parental Leave and 8 more weeks for Childbirth Recovery Leave paid at 100%
- You’ll enjoy work/life flexibility through our unlimited PTO plan, Summer Fridays, 12 paid holidays each year, and an emphasis on work/life balance.
- Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging is embedded into our culture and our work, and you’ll have opportunities to join forums and groups and participate in our ongoing projects.
- We are a group of bright, kind, and goal-oriented people. You can be your authentic self here, and are empowered to encourage others to do the same!
- We are a successful, fast-growing company at the forefront of IoT.
- We are a technologically and data-driven business.
- We are committed to our customers and developers.
- We love solving problems, thinking creatively, and trying new things.
- We believe in autonomy & taking initiative.
- We take what we do seriously–we don’t take ourselves seriously.
- We have a smart, experienced leadership team that wants to do it right and is open to new ideas.
About SmartThings
Creating a safer, smarter world with you.
SmartThings brings your home to life by being the leading open platform for the consumer Internet of Things. Bringing together developers, device makers, and service providers to make the world a smarter place. From a door that knows when to lock itself, to a living room that can get the party started or a sink that can help to call a plumber; the opportunities are endless to make everyday objects around us more useful. So if you’re innovative, not afraid to challenge status quo, collaborative and have a passion for technology, then you’ve found your next home with SmartThings!